Improved drbdoing-cak



D. W. PEPPER. DRBDGING GAN.

No. 102,428. Patented Apr. 26, 1870.

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DANIEL WEBSTER PEPPER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB l T0 WILLIAM J ENKS FELL AND JOSEPH E. TAYLOR; lOli SAME ,-IPLAOE.

` Leners Paten: No. 102,428, aan par 26, 1870.,

The Schedule referred to inv those Letten Patent and making part of the Ilmo I, DANIEL WEBSTER PEPPER, of Philadelphia, county ofvPhiladelphi-a', State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Dredging-Can or Oase, of which the following is a specification.

Nat-ure and Object of the Intention.

.My invention consists of a can or case, having a movable perforated disk, adapted to the perforated cover, or to the perforated bottom of the can, as hereafter described, the can in eitllercase affording aconvenientl receptable for containing and transporting pepper and other granular .or pulverized material, which can be readily introduced in mass into the can, and withdrawn therefrom by a dredging process, as required for use.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figiu'e 1 represents my improved dredging-can or case for containing pepper, 86o., the, several parts being detached from each other;

Figure 2, the same, with the several parts fitted together;

Figure 3, a plan view; and

i Figure 4, a modification f my invention.

General Description.

vIn reference to figs. 1, 2, and 3, A is the cylindrical body of the can or case', of sheet-metal, wood, or other material, and to which is secured, in thc usual manner, the permanent bottom a.

A auged cover, B, is snugly fitted to the exterior of the lupper end of the body, which is provided with a. rib, ll, for limiting the extent to which the said cover can be depressed.

At the upper edge of the cover, the metal of the latter is so bent as to form the rounded outwardlyprojecting ange d, arranged for adaptation to and to be embraced by the flanged edge e of a second Y cover, D, the latter being first fitted over the flange d, and then bent inward, as shown ing. 2, in such a `manner that it can be easily turned.`

braced by the bent edge of a pertbratedcover D', the

opposite edge being furnished with a plain detachable cover, H.

'In either case, the can affords-r. convenient receptacle for containing and transporting pepper and other.

granular or pulverizedmaterial, 'the material being readily introduced in mass into the can, and withdrawn therefrom by a dredging processgin quantities depenaent upon the adjustment of' the perforated covers`D or D'. A

Claim.

A box, having a perforated permanent or detachable end, and a rib at the edge, in combination with a perforated cover having at the edge a flange which embraces therib on the box, substantially as de-A scribed.

In testimony whereof I havel signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. DANIEL W. PEPPER. Witnesses:

LoUIs. Boswnxm, HARRY SMITH. 

